President of the Oregon Federation of square and Round Dance Clubs, pretty cool right? Well, it can be if you commit to doing it. You can bang the gavel & call the meeting to order and the best thing yet is that you have the last say.
It goes without saying that the position of president is a leadership role. Providing that leadership relies on several things. Respect by the members of the organization, the willingness to listen to ideas and concepts that do not fit your personal perception of the situation. Then there is facilitating over meetings. Meetings are where changes to the organization are proposed and viewpoints to the proposal are heard. It is the president’s job to ensure all viewpoints offered are given the chance to be heard. The president gets to decide when the discussion has covered the viewpoints and then call for the vote. The hard part for the president is that they do not get to express how they feel about the issue, and they typically do not vote on the issue.
The president is there for advice when needed. That advice must be balanced against the Constitution, Bylaws, and Policies and Procedures that all the members have agreed to abide by. They need to ensure that the elected officials and Committees have what they need to accomplish the tasks that they have been given.
An effective president must use delegation when needed to help resolve the issues that come before the Executive committee. The trick to delegation is identifying a person with the skills and ability to provide a solution to the issue at hand. Fortunately, I have been blessed with several individuals that have offered their assistance.
Now for the fun part. The president gets to bestow awards and praise folks who have given a portion of their time to support and improve our dance community. This is what makes it worthwhile.
Sharing is caring,
Tim Keck
President
I'm looking forward to seeing many of you at Mid-Winter Festival. The weather is going to be great.
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The next Federation meeting will be hosted by the Emerald Empire Council, held at the Linn County Fairgrounds on January 29, 2023, in conjunction with Mid-Winter Festival.
The application form for the Federation scholarships for seniors in high school and freshmen in college has been updated for 2023. Be sure to remind your young people to apply: https://squaredance.gen.or.us/ScholarshipApp .
Mid-Winter Festival 2023 is scheduled for January 27-29, 2023, at the Linn County Fairgrounds in Albany.
Welcome to January, the first month of 2023. We as a committee are all excited and preparing for your arrival to our festival in just a few short weeks. If you happen to read this before the 31st of December, please make your hotel reservation. Square dancer discounts at the hotels stop on the 1st of January so make sure you have your room. Another important date is the 8th. It's the last day to get the preregistration price tag, so save yourself some money and get those registrations in.
Now that we got all the important announcements out of the way let me introduce you to our two fabulous cuers that round out our amazing entertainment panel for you. First we have our round dance cuers, Deb and Tim Vogt from Las Vegas NV. They have been cuing for over 37 years. They delight the round dancers with lots of amazing dances from easy 2 all the way up to level 5/6. They primarily cue here in the west but are well traveled and if you get a chance to watch them at the showcase, they dance together amazingly! Next we have our clogging cuer Shane Gruber from Detroit, MI. Shane has been keeping cloggers on their toes for over 30 years. He has cued and performed across the entire world. He is truly a sight to behold and if you get a chance you should head over to the Comfort Suites hotel and watch him dance and teach.
We hope that you can come join us at what is shaping up to be a magical and enchanting festival. See you all in a square soon.
There is currently no Summer Festival planned for 2023.
The latest news about the National Square Dance Conventions® is located in the National Squares magazine, produced by the NEC. You can find the latest issue here: (http://nsdcnec.com/flipdocs/NatSqOnline/Natsq1120/index.html)
The 72nd National Square Dance Convention® will be held in Mobile, Alabama, June 21-24, 2023.
The 2023 USAWest Convention will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, July 26-29, 2023.
The 73rd National Square Dance Convention® will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 26-29, 2024.
The 74th National Square Dance Convention® will be held in Shreveport, Louisiana, June 25-28, 2025.
All clubs in the Oregon Federation are required to maintain their status as non-profit corporations with the State of Oregon. The Secretary of State's office mails out a renewal notice about a month before your registration expires every year. The following clubs expire this month:
February 1 -- Emerald Empire Council
February 7 -- Klamath Country Squares
February 26 -- Tualatin Valley Council
Download a complete list of the Federation club dances this month, all sorted by date and city.
Everything in the When & Where is extracted from the state directory information. If you find that your club information is wrong, you can fix that by going to the directory information area and fixing your data.
Bonnie Stimler passed away on December 13, 2022, from brain cancer. Jay and Bonnie were cuers here in the Mid-Willamette Area council, and served as the Federation's Historian for many years. Jay passed a few years ago.
No service has been planned at this time.
July 9, 1959 – December 10, 2022
Scot William Byars was born at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley, California to Charles and Laura Byars. Raised in one unit of an Albany four-plex built by his father, Scot was a handful from an early age.
He became a square dancer and caller because his mother needed inexpensive babysitting. When he was six, Laura discovered she could leave him every Friday evening at a pre-teen square dance club for only fifty cents. Soon, he performed with the Spotlighters exhibition team, learning to clog and round dance, then studied to be a square dance caller.
By the time he was 11 he was calling for one square dance club, then another. In high school, he used his classically-trained singing voice in a number of musical productions. Although Scot dreamed of singing and dancing on stage, his mother discouraged it as an unreliable source of income. This led Scot to study computer science and math which--along with dance, his personal rebellion against his mother’s disdain for show business--was his double major in college. He also took up martial arts and earned a brown belt in White Tiger kung fu.
Scot married his first wife, Linda, in the late 70s and had two beautiful daughters, Crystal and Teresa. He left college to work as lead computer programmer at a records management company while continuing to call square dances in the evening. During this time, he seized the opportunity to create some of the machine-level coding for the Apple Lisa, the predecessor to the Macintosh.
Scot and Linda eventually went their separate ways. At the California State Singles Square Dance Convention in 1985 in Roseville, California Scot met Erin Holloway and they soon became inseparable, later marrying in Mendocino, California on July 5, 1986.
After 12 years spent in Southern California, in 2000 a job offer from Northwestern Technical College gave Scot and Erin the opportunity to return to Sacramento, made sweeter by Scot’s being awarded Teacher of the Year during his first year.
Three years later, NTC moved their computer classes to evenings, which forced a choice upon Scot: teach or call? His answer was to begin calling full time. Chauffeured by Erin, Scot called at state conventions, regional festivals, premiere weekends, and square/round dance cruises. At his peak, Scot was calling for many clubs in and around the Sacramento Valley Area, including Sun City Dancers, Lincoln Hills; Diamond Dancers, Galt; Calaveras Twirlers, San Andreas; Grand Squares, Rio Vista; Main Street Strollers, Placerville; Vaca Valley Ramblers, Vacaville.
As much as he loved calling and teaching square dancing, Scot loved teaching and mentoring newer callers. One of Scot’s proudest achievements in square dancing--which took many years--was attaining the difficult certification of CALLERLAB Accredited Caller Coach. He was an enthusiastic and patient teacher at many caller schools, some of them his own, some run by other callers.
Scot was also an early pioneer of “Blast Classes”, where a given level of square dancing was taught over one or two weekends. Scot was one of the first straight callers to call and teach for IAGSDC clubs (including Capital City Squares, Sacramento; Tinseltown Squares, Hollywood; and Boots in Squares, Palm Springs) and fly-ins, and was a strong supporter of the Gay Callers Association, working to integrate the LGBTQ calling and dancing community into the larger square dance community to keep the activity strong and healthy.
Scot gladly accepted any opportunity to call for young people, whether it was coaching the exhibition group Goldrush ,which he shared with Erin, or introducing hundreds of third graders (over the course of five non-stop hours) to dancing at an AgVenture.
In early 2021, Scot suffered several strokes. His health declined rapidly after that. He passed very peacefully on December 10, 2022, with Erin holding his hand.
He is survived by his wife, Erin and her large, loving family; his daughter Crystal (Michael) Reude and their children Joseph, Caleb, and Mackensie; daughter Teresa (Mike) Spears and their children Christopher, Elizabeth and Jacob; brother Charles “Chuck” (Michelle) Byars, niece Angela Byars; niece Melissa (Patrick) Maloney, their children and grandchildren.
July 29, 1941 - January 4, 2023
On Wednesday, January 4, 2023, Loren Harvey age 81 passed away at St. Mary’s Hospital, due to complications caused by Covid. Loren was born to Lyle and Stella (Leach) Harvey on July 29, 1941, in Weiser, ID. He had three sisters, two older, Emma Kautz and Ruby Pope, and one younger Lyleen Jerome (better known as Snookie to Loren) and one younger brother Larry. He attended school in Weiser. He quit high school to take over his father's 2 businesses to support his mother and siblings during his father’s illness. Loren loved to hunt and fish growing up and learned the value of family and hard work from his parents.
While living in Weiser, Loren met and fell in love with Shirley Catherine Stout. They married on May 5, 1961, and moved to Caldwell Idaho, where he learned his lifelong trade as a shoe cobbler. Loren and Shirley made raising their four children a priority. They had three sons Royce, Leslie (Les) and Michael and a daughter Laura. In 1969 Loren moved his young family to Milton-Freewater, Oregon to take a job repairing shoes at Saager’s Shoe Shop. He perfected his trade under the kind and wise eye of William Saager Senior (grandpa). Loren's craftsmanship with shoe repair gained him customers from all over the northwest. He shared his love of family, hunting, fishing and camping with his children. He also worked alongside his children passing on the value of hard work and a job well done.
Loren loved the town of Milton-Freewater and was very active in the community. Over the many years he was a volunteer firefighter, member of the Jaycee’s, Lion’s, ELK’s and Kiwanis clubs. He was a founding member of the Muddy Frog’s square dance club. He always tried to give back to the town he loved so much cooking corn for the Pea Festival, participating in parades, and putting up the US Flags for any special occasion. When people would come into Saagers Shoe Shop, they were always met with a smile, and usually a big hug. Loren never met a stranger. He would always pause to find a commonality, share a skill and have a conversation, in the end making a new friend. Loren worked at Saagers until 2022. He flirted with retiring from shoe repair many times, but always found his way back to the job and community he loved.
Loren is preceded in death by his parents, Wife in 1991, son Leslie in 2014, Sister Ruby 2022 her husband Cliff 2017, and Brothers in law George Kautz 2022 and Chuck Jerome 2021, to whom he was very close, and Shirley’s brothers Jim 1998 and John Stout 2022.
He married Velma Gwinn in 2010 and lived in her family home in Walla Walla until his death. They were members of the Walla Walla Christ Lutheran Church where Loren volunteered a lot of his time. Velma and Loren shared a love of dancing and attended whenever and wherever possible.
Loren is survived by his oldest son Royce, daughter Laura Kilmer, son in law Ron Kilmer, and his youngest son Michael and daughter in law Shannon Swanson, 7 Grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren as well as stepchildren Roxanne, Rogene, Renee and Mike Gwinn and several step grandchildren. Loren loved spending time with family and often brought in “strays” that he treated as family, Diane Mitchell, James Badgett, Kerry Cox, Chris Parten, and I’m sure the list goes on.
A memorial service will be held 1 pm Saturday January 21st. at Christ Lutheran Church, 1420 S. 2nd Ave, Walla Walla WA
Betty Jones, long-time resident of Toledo, OR, passed away on December 28.
Betty and Ray were active members of Toledo 49'rs for many years. They were delegates to the Oregon State Federation, Oregon Goodwill Ambassadors, and they worked on the 1994 National Convention.
The were snowbirds in Yuma, Arizona, where they danced and volunteered in Yuma Association. Betty was registration chairman for three years for Yuma festival.
She worked for the Georgia-Pacific Paper Mill in Toledo for her entire career, beginning as a secretary and retiring as Purchasing Manager.
She was a volunteer at Oregon Coast Aquarium, a quilter, and much more.
She is survived by Ray Jones, now of Jacksonville, Oregon; daughter Elissa Jones, son-in-law Michael Dix, and grandson Zach Dix, of Jacksonville; and son Chris Jones and daughter-in-law Telma Pombrol, of Salem; and brother Bill Hayden, of Toledo.
Ronald Leon Minten was born on April 28, 1932 to Raymond Aloysius and Eleanor Frances Minten in Stayton, Oregon. Ron was the oldest of 6 children and grew up on the family dairy farm. He attended St. Mary Elementary school and graduated in 1950 from Stayton High School. Ron married Lois Nadine Kale in 1951 and together they raised 8 children. In 1980 Ron married Neta Bernice Brown who had 3 daughters that Ron helped raise.
Throughout the years, the family enjoyed camping, boating, snow and water skiing, card games, cheering for the OSU Beavers, playing pool, and deer hunting. Ron used his wood working skills and built two homes along with a family ski boat. He worked for the Stayton Canning Co. at the Brooks plant as the Head Electrician until retiring in 1999. Ron and Neta square danced and golfed for many years. Ron earned his private pilot's license and owned a 2-passenger Cessna. He loved flying and taking people up.
Ron loved Christmas get togethers with his family, watching them grow and knowing they enjoyed spending time together. Ron is survived by brother Wayne, sisters Marcella Gilbert, Laneda Bryant, and Sherry Eldridge; his children, Jerry (Linda), Steve (Debbie), Rich (Wendy), Joan (Roger) Roberts, Jeannette (Andy) Westlund, Russ (Kim), Jay (Lindy), Mike and stepdaughters Lynda, Angela, and Debra (Jayson) Tobias; 79 Grand, Great, and Great Great Grandchildren, spanning 5 generations. He was predeceased by his parents, sister Arlene Walker, and grandson Courage Minten.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to either St. Edward Catholic Church or Courage Fund. Viewing will be at the church prior to the Mass. Services will be held Thursday January 26th at St. Edward in Keizer. Rosary 10:00, Mass 10:30, reception to follow.
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The Tualatin Valley Council has chosen the February 2023 Oregon Round of the Month:
"Who Are You", Phase II Two-Step, choreographed by Casey & Sharon Parker, performed by Blake Shelton.
For more information on the Round of the Month, please contact .
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February 14 (2nd Tue)
February 22 (4th Wed)
The Buccaneers club with Roger Putzler and Christina Corelli had five squares for New Years Eve. The admission for this dance as rolled back to the 1980's at $2.50 per dancer! The dance ended at 10:00 so dancers had a chance to celebrate midnight with family and friends and get home before the traffic hit after midnight. It was a fun dance, and we rang in the new year for New York and Chicago where Roger was born and raised. A toast with sparking cider at the end is now a tradition.
Roger Putzler is teaching mainstream and plus on Tuesday nights. There are about five squares for beginners which is a positive note these days. Christina's new husband, Jake Westra, is learning mainstream from Roger and enjoying it. A number of new dancers have ribbons for Mid-Winter!
Our president, Pat Cox from the coast provide equipment for our Fifth Saturday dances and is always early to set up Thanks Pat! You and Cherie are appreciated!
Christina Corelli
Secretary and Cuer
CCCA
We dance to recorded music, but there are times when Kris Jensen comes in from New Mexico and will stop by and call for us. If Mid-Winter isn’t over by the time you get to read this, please come join in the fun! Hope to see you on the dance floor at the Emerald Square Dance Center.
Gaynor Hintz
Our next dance will be held Feb. 24, the 4th Friday, and will be our 59th Birthday Dance. Come join Jim Hattrick, Jackie Gale and us to celebrate this occasion by dancing and kicking up our heels. Dances start at 7:30 with Plus, 7:45 15 minutes of pre-rounds and from 8 to 10 mainstream. We do not take a formal break at this time though that may change. We continue to dance at the Emerald Square Dance Center at 2095 Yolanda St. in Springfield. If you have any questions, please contact our president Larry Reetz, (541) 913-6238, or Gaynor Hintz, (541) 741-4149.
Gaynor Hintz
We are looking forward to our regular Sunday dances from 4 - 6 each Sunday with our caller, Tim Matteson. Everyone is welcome. All our dances are casual. Tim calls all levels and helps beginners out too by giving them floor time to figure out their latest moves.
So, please join us. It would be wise to call our president, David Lajoie at 541-520-7311 to make sure we are dancing. We shouldn't have any dark Sundays starting in February, but one never knows. We dance in Hall A at the Emerald Dance Center, 2095 Yolanda in Springfield. The floor is cushioned, and we have heat in the winter and air conditioning in the summer.
Christina Corelli
Member-at-Large
Spin Cycle Squares
We had a New Dancer Pajama Dance January 14. Oh my, onesies, flannels, ruffles, lace, you name it! Mike called a great dance, and Roger's new dancers had a real treat dancing at a real dance and having the time of their lives! Christina's husband, Jake, wore a brand new onesie Christina found at Goodwill! She wasn't even looking for one, but there it was!
Ron Gates, our vice-president, is in charge when our president Todd Jensen, is south. Thanks Ron!
Please join us the second and third Saturday at the Emerald Dance Center. 7:00 - Plus and mainstream with rounds starting aft 7:30.
We'll have our club meeting via Zoom January 19. Several of us our headed to Albany for Mid-Winter. Hope to see you all there!
Christina Corelli
Cuer
Whirl-A-Ways
February 18 (3rd Sat)
Norma
February 5 (1st Sun)
We are also looking forward to the Mid-Winter dance. So far we have 11 members registered to attend and at least half of them are from our beginner class. It is so exciting to see our dance floor full once again after our membership waned over the past two or three years. We still have room for more however, and we look forward to continued growth.
Georganne Pfnister
Our annual Coast Trip dances are March 10 and 11 at Gleneden Beach Community Club, and we welcome any dancers who would like to join in! Signups will start soon.
Karen
The club will be graduating a group of people in mid-January in time to dance for Mid-Winter festivities. A few of them have attended enough new dancer dances to earn a New Dancer Ambassador bar for their badge. Congrats to them for their efforts.
Marilyn
February 4 (1st Sat)
February 18 (3rd Sat)
The club in December only had three sessions. A fourth one was cancelled due to ice and dangerous driving for those who drive a distance to come to class and we cancelled the fifth one since it was two days before New Year’s Eve. Tango is just getting started so we are getting back on track in January. We have about four couples who are returning to dancing or moving up from an easy level of dancing or refreshing their knowledge of tango from a previous class.
Marilyn
January 11 was the Graduation of our Mainstream class with a potluck and celebration, and we are looking forward to Mid-Winter Festival 2023 at the end of the month.
Our next round of beginner Mainstream lessons will begin on Wednesday February 8. We have had lots of phone calls and inquiries already. See you on the dance floor.
Sheila
Update on Pacific Northwest Teen Square Dance Festival: We have one plus square, four mainstream squares, seven callers, four cuers, and several round couples who are still getting sorted out. We just received the dances that the round couples will be memorizing. There is a waltz and a 2-step for the Novice and Basic Level dancers, and a jive and a foxtrot for the Intermediate Level dancers (we have two couples at that level).
Please watch for our flyer for our Youth Fundraising dance which will be on February 25. We will be drawing the winners for our cash raffle and for our quilt raffle. Catch a youth at Mid-Winter to buy raffle tickets.
Petrina Buchheit
February 10 (2nd Fri)
February 25 (4th Sat)
We are a Mainstream Club, and we dance the first and third Fridays of the month. On the first Friday at 7:30, we dance pre-plus or line dance teach and on the third Friday at 7:30, we dance plus. Our dance location is at the IOOF hall on 5th street in Albany. Please come and join us.
Sandy
February 3 (1st Fri)
February 17 (3rd Fri)
February 25 (4th Sat)
March 31, 2023 Co-hosted by Country Cut-Ups
June 30, 2023 Co-hosted by River City Dancers
September 29, 2023 at Oak Grove Community Center
December 29, 2023 Canceled by PAC
Robert encouraged all delegates to work with their clubs to attend the 2023 Anniversary Dances. Updated list:
○ February
■ 2nd Saturday — Rosetown Ramblers 2/11/2023
■ 3rd Friday — Chaps & Petticoats 2/17/2023
○ April
■ 1st Wednesday — B&Bs 4/5/2023
■ 2nd Saturday — Buzzin’ Bees 4/08/2023
Happy Feet,
Betty Chips
Jim
February 1 (1st Wed)
February 8 (2nd Wed)
February 15 (3rd Wed)
We had a wonderful Holiday potluck and Bingo party before Christmas. It was great fun and we had over 28 people there! Thanks to the Bellcoffs for hosting.
We started mainstream lessons on Sunday January 15, 2023 from 4pm - 530 pm. If you know anyone who is interested email kcccaller@comcast.net for more information.
1. A handful of Chaps shared the fun with Silver City Squares at the Waldo Hills Community Center for an 'overnight' dance party. The youth, their families and friends were entertained by their Caller, Ian Craig and Julia Buchheit cued Rounds - six squares were on the floor. A lively bunch did Line Dancing and others played games downstairs. The festivities halted long enough to bring in the 2023 New year with a count-down at midnight (Pacific time) with plenty of noise makers. Some brought bedrolls and managed to sleep while most continued games or talked through the night until a handful of cooks prepared breakfast the next morning ... Welcome in 2023!
2. A few Chaps celebrated with the Tualatin Valley Council at the Hillsboro IOOF Hall - six squares brought in the New Year at 9:00 PM on the west coast (but midnight in New York) with Darrell Kalmbach plus KC Curtis calling and Tami Helms as Cuer. A feast was served afterward by the Sunset Promenaders and the last dance, at 10:15 PM, closed the hall.
The Chaps had their first dance of the 2023 year on January 6th at Maplewood Grange entertained by Roger Putzler and Lane Clem (cuer). Three squares of Chaps and friends very much enjoyed the dancing and fellowship. What a great way to open our doors.
Chaps visited Country Cut-Ups on January 8th for a (New Year) New Dancer Jamboree at the Boring Barn. It was a great turn out with five squares: Scott Zinser called and shared the stage with visiting Callers Darrell Kalmback and KC Curtis, who also brought their students and angels. The refreshments were served and appreciated.
You just might receive this newsletter in time to join the Chaps on January 20th with Ian Craig calling and Juilia Buchheit cueing Rounds...that would be great!
We open again February 3rd at 7:30pm with Scott Zinser and Leonard Snodgrass will cueing - no theme, just dance. February 17th is our Anniversary dance and we go way back to celebrate with our FLINTSTONE dance!. Even our caller, Darrell Kalmbach and Tami Helms, cuer, will come dressed for the occasion.
Betty Chipps
February 17 (3rd Fri)
February 4 (1st Sat)
February 12 (2nd Sun)
February 25 (4th Sat)
February 4 (1st Sat)
February 18 (3rd Sat)
River City Dancers graduated 20 students from our class. Some of them were new dancers and some were returning for refresher class. All 20 have joined our club and we are thrilled to have them. The two step round dance class had 11 students. That made everyone ready for mid-winter at the end of January. What a wonderful way to begin a new year!
We continue to dance every second and fourth Saturday and love having guest dancers. Hope you will join us.
Carol Mendenhall
February 11 (2nd Sat)
February 25 (4th Sat)
February dances have Phil and Elaine calling and cueing our annual Super Bowl Party and Chili Cook-Off on Feb 4th and our Feed The Birds dance with Chuck and Rikki on February 18th.
Our first 2 weeks of SSD classes had a great turnout with 13 students the first nite and 18 the second nite. We are hopeful we will have a good class!!
Don’t forget to register for Boatnik (Memorial Weekend) which will feature the wonderful Joe Saltel and Randy & Marie Preskitt.
We hope everyone has fun at Midwinter. Great lineup!
Happy Dancing!!!
February 4 (1st Sat)
February 18 (3rd Sat)The TVC New Year’s Eve Dance at the IOOF Hall in Hillsboro featuring Darrell Kalmbach & KC Curtis calling with Tami Helms cueing was successful with 8 squares attending. What a great way to start the new year.
The Council highly recommends that all TVC dancers attend the anniversary dances held by other member clubs. We have two TVC clubs celebrating with an anniversary dance in February. On the 10th the Valley River Dancers will be dancing at the Chehalem Community Center in Newberg featuring Randy Dibble and Leonard Snodgrass. Then on the 25th the Hoedowners will celebrate at the Aloha Grange with Randy Lewis cueing and a caller to be determined.
Since the OFN is published about the 20th of the month, you still have time to plan on attending the TVC's annual President’s Potluck and Meeting at 7pm on January 23rd at the Hillsboro IOOF Hall. This annual meeting is held to honor current and past club Presidents of the TVC clubs. All TVC club Presidents & dancers are invited to join us. The TVC requests that attendees provide a potluck item. TVC will provide refreshments and dessert. Also at this meeting TVC President Ursula Kuhn will announce the recipient of the Tualatin Valley Council “Recognition Award”. This award is for outstanding service and special contribution to the square dance community within the TVC geographical area.
See you at Mid-Winter.......
Ferrous Steinka
The Columbia River Dancers will be have a beginners dance on Sunday, January 29th beginning at 5 PM and going until 7. Jim will call to the level of the floor so all clubs are encouraged to send their classes. We would also like to have experienced dancers come to support their beginners.
February 4th and 18th will be our regular dance nights with Jim calling and cueing.
We are looking forward to our 8th year anniversary coming in March. See you all in a square.
Nick Johnson
In addition, we look forward to beginning our Plus lessons on Monday, February 13th at 12:00 noon at the Aloha Grange. Our regular Plus dances with Phase II and III Rounds will be from 1:15 to 3:00 during our lessons series. Jim Hattrick calls, cues and teaches for us on February 6th and 20th, with Darrell Kalmbach calling and teaching and Jeanine Norden cueing on the 13th and 27th. Most of our dancers are vaccinated. If you are not feeling well, please join us when you are feeling better. For current information, please see our website at http://EagerBeavers.info. (see link above)
Alice Hendricks
February 6 (1st Mon)
February 13 (2nd Mon)
Class level dances are held the 4th Sunday of every month from 5 to 7 o’clock with Mark Wheeler calling. As the weather improves we plan visitations with R Square D - 50 miles to the east.
Craig Holt
February 11 (2nd Sat)
February 25 (4th Sat)
Lindie Noonan
The New Year will see us getting out and about to some local dances and introducing our newest members to the fun of Square Dancing in Oregon.
We continue to meet on Mondays at the Oak Hills gym on NW 153rd Ave, Beaverton from 6.30-8.30pm.
Our caller is the one and only Mark Wheeler. We always welcome visitors and hope to see you there.
Linda Kitchin
February 11th is our Valentine Dance, with Craig Abercrombie calling and cueing. We are sure to hear many romantic songs that night! Our annual “Rockin’ to the 50s & 60s” dance will be Saturday, February 25th. Mark Wheeler is our guest caller and Rochelle Catt will cue this dance. Put on your poodle skirts, saddle shoes and other garb from this era and join us for a fun evening!
Lessons are continuing on Wednesday evenings with Craig teaching plus at 6:30 and the beginning/mainstream class at 7:30 PM.
Chris Poole
February 10 (2nd Fri)
February 25 (4th Sat)
We had a great Christmas season with a very active month of December! The December 17th Christmas dance was a great success with over four squares and a super fun cookie judging contest. The IOOF hall was the location of the TVC New Year's Eve dance which was also wonderful with over 8 squares attending!!! WOW!
Lots happening in February with our beginning square dance classes each Sunday at 2:00 at the IOOF Hall, with Darrell Kalmbach calling/teaching. Lessons are $6.00 per person per week. We have a mainstream dance on February 4th with guest caller, Mark Wheeler and guest cuer Leonard Snodgrass. The mainstream dance on February 18th will be with guest caller, Darrell Kalmbach and guest cuer Tami Helms. Each Thursday night in February, there is a Plus dance with intermediate rounds, Darrell Kalmbach calling and Tami Helms cueing.
Thank you to the many visitors who frequent our dances! It is really fun seeing so many people on a regular basis.
Terri Browning
February 2 (1st Thu)
February 4 (1st Sat)
February 16 (3rd Thu)
February 18 (3rd Sat)
In December we had our two regular dances plus a great Christmas party and dinner at the Royal Panda in Tualatin, including the ever-popular white elephant gift exchange. This year the most coveted gift was an actual white elephant which was lighted inside! Hope it comes back to the game next year. Twenty-six members attended, and we had eleven members attend the TVC New Year’s Eve dance.
Gloria Davis
February 10 (2nd Fri)
February 24 (4th Fri)
Valley River Dances have moved our Anniversary Dance from 4th Friday in February to our 2nd Friday dance on February 10th. Randy Dibble is calling and Leonard Snodgrass is cueing. Our website has changed. Check us out at: www.valleyriverdancers.us (see link above)
Lessons for round dancing start the first Monday in February. Leonard Snodgrass is teaching Two Step from 6:30-8:30 p.m. for 12 weeks. Cost is $8 per person.
On Tuesday evenings 7:30-8:30 p.m. Randy Dibble calls an Advanced workshop.
Josie Rosenbury
February 10 (2nd Fri)
Our February dances are 1st Friday, Feb 3, and 3rd Saturday. Feb 18, 7-9:30 pm with Craig and Connie, at the Aloha Grange. Come join us and help us have fun dancing together.
See you in a square, Yellowrock,
Carolene Siebert
Bob Allen
February 6 (1st Mon)
February 11 (2nd Sat)